There are many reasons to regret the transfer of the Solemnity of the Ascension to the seventh Sunday of the Easter season. Among other things, the transfer shortens the Church’s time to reflect on this great feast, whose meaning has become ever more important in this cultural moment.
What does the Ascension of the Lord mean?
The Ascension means that humanity—the human nature assumed by the second person of the Trinity at the Incarnation—has been incorporated into the life of God himself.
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